Read a Report that Will Make You Smarter on Trade Policy…And Healthier!
Daily visitors to the WCIT website (those huge numbers of you who can’t start your day without checking for the latest updates on trade policy and its impact on the Washington state economy) may have noticed something unique this past Wednesday. And no, I’m not talking about all those retweets …
Read More2011 Trade Conference a Success!
I tried to think of a clever title for this blog post celebrating Monday’s fantastic and SOLD OUT Washington Trade Conference, but I’m so out of practice. My last few posts have all been Trade Conference advertisements like the uncleverly -but accurately – titled “JUST ANNOUNCED: Canadian Trade Minister to …
Read MoreJUST ANNOUNCED: Participants for the Washington Trade Conference’s Finance, Tourism & Global Health Panel
I hate to do two blog posts in one week about the Washington Trade Conference on November 21 (after Monday’s Canadian Trade Minister announcement), but I couldn’t wait any longer to reveal the participants for our panel discussion on “Improving Washington’s Trade Climate: Visa Entry Reform, Financial Services Policy & …
Read MoreWhat I Learned on My Eastern Washington Trip
Remember back in grade school when, as soon as you came back in September, your teacher would assign you to write a paper about “what I learned on my summer vacation?” Well, I just got back from a three day trip to Eastern Washington to talk international trade, and I …
Read MoreWhat’s the Relationship Between Immigration and International Trade?
No, seriously, I mean it. This isn’t one of those “why is a raven like a writing desk?” questions (Alice in Wonderland reference, btw). I think this is a potentially interesting and vital question at the intersection of two major national policy debates: 1) how do we structure our nation’s …
Read MoreTrade = Development
When I’m out in the community speaking on international trade, I always use my patented line that “international business = international trade,” and I list the examples of industries that folks may not think of when they think of trade: architecture, tourism…and global health and development. That last example usually …
Read MoreExport-Import Bank: Not James Bond’s Credit Union, But Still Cool
Working in international trade is, in many ways, the same as being an international man of mystery. As one of the many, many examples of this truth, famed move spy James Bond’s cover story was that he worked “in the export-import business.” (His fake company was called Universal Exports, for …
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